Marc Aronson is an American author, editor, publisher, speaker, and historian. He has written history and biography nonfiction books for children and young adults, as well as nonfiction books for adults about teenage readers. Aronson is the son of the scenic designer Boris Aronson, the grandson of rabbi Solomon Aronson, and of the musical conductor Heinrich Jalowetz.
Aronson writes a column for School Library Journal called "Consider the Source".
In 2001 Aronson won the first Robert F. Sibert Medal for nonfiction for Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado.
Aronson has a Ph.D. in American History from New York University. In 1997, he married author Marina Budhos. They have two sons and live in Maplewood, New Jersey.
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